Ho Chi Minh City attracted 19.1 billion USD in FDI in the first 10 months, 4.2 times the same period in 2025, according to the city’s statistics office, accounting for over 30% of the national registered total of 54.85 billion USD. Of this, nearly 9.8 billion USD came from 1,726 newly licensed projects, 5.7 billion USD from capital increases and over 3.6 billion USD from capital contributions and share purchases. Major projects include the Can Gio International Transshipment Port (over 4.9 billion USD) and the AI Factory data center (2.1 billion USD), which Vice Chairman Nguyen Loc Ha described as a positive sign of investor confidence. The industrial production index rose 11%, exports grew 10.9% and retail sales rose 14.7%, but CPI averaged 4.78% higher over 10 months, adding pressure on purchasing power. From the start of the year to October 20, newly registered enterprises fell 6% to over 44,700, and registered capital fell 58.1% to 365,185 billion VND.
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